Pump and Dump Scams

I’ll bet that each and every one of you has received an email that went something like this: IMAGINE IF YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO BUY A WAL-MART FRANCHISE IN MEXICO RIGHT WHEN IT FIRST OPENED ITS DOORS, AND ALL YOU NEEDED WAS A SMALL STAKE TO GET IN. HURRY, WE SEE THIS...

Flash Trading- The Pros and the Cons

One of the trading practices discussed in our “David vs. Goliath” analogy comparing Wall Street Insiders to average Blue Collar (retail) Investors is   called flash trading. This article intends to explain flash trading and discuss the pros and cons of the...

Derivatives- Stock Options and More

All center fielders are baseball players but not all baseball players are center fielders. In much the same way, stock options are derivatives but not all derivatives are stock options. A derivative is a financial instrument whose value is “derived” from...